Vending apparatus



(No Model.)

S. PRASGHL. VENDING APPARATUS.

No. 403,069. Patented May 7, 1889..

N PETERS, Fhuluillhngmpher, Washington. a c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. I

STEPHAN PRASCHL, OF PARIS, FRANCE, ASSIGNOR TO M. MORRIS MIHALO- VITCH,OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

VENDING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 403,069, dated May 7,1889. Application filed December 27, 1888. Serial No. 294,741- (Nomodel.) Patented in France January 27, 1888, No. 186,871.

To all whom it may concern:

'Be it known that I, STEPHAN PRASCHL, a citizen of the Republic ofFrance, residing at Paris, France, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Vending Apparatus, (for which I have obtained a patentin France dated January 27, 1888, No. 186,871,) of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to apparatus for the automatic vending of variousarticles.

The various features of my invention are fully set forth in thedescription of the accompanying drawings, making a part of thisspecification, in which Figure I is a side elevation of my improvementwith the casing partly removed. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same.Fig. 3 is a detail sectional elevation of the frame and trippingmechanism. Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the chute placed in aninclined position.

A represents a drum, preferably comprising two metallic plates or disks,F, which form barriers for a shaft, E, passing through the same. Thisshaft or axle isjournaled upon the standards L.

B represents a series of receptaclesor partitions formed around theperiphery of the drum with peripheral openings.

D D represent the sides of the partitions, and (Z the bottom of saidpartitions, which is shown as formed of an annular piece of metalattached to the two disks F. These partitions are made of any desiredsize to accommodate the articles to be distributed.

a represents a metallic curb surrounding the lower periphery of thedrum. This curb is projected above the horizontal plane of thedrum-shaft, so as to prevent the object carried in the receptacle frombeing tipped out until it reaches the desired point.

1) represents an orifice or opening in the curb or shell to at thebottom, where the articles are to be discharged from the partitions.

In order that the device may be moved automatically by the weight of apiece of money dropped into the chute to trip the checking mechanism andset the drum in motion, I have provided the following instrumentalities.

0 represents a series of pins or prolongations projecting out from oneside of the drum.

G is a lever pivoted to the frame-work L on one side of the drum, asshown in Fig. 2. It is provided with two pins, 6 e, which projectlaterally under the pins 0 and serve as catches to hold the drum fromrevolving and allow it to be tripped to mov forward agiven distance forthe delivery of a\package. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the upper pin, e,is in contact with one of the pins 0, holding the drum from movingforward in the direction indicated by the arrow. It is caused to move inthis direction by a superabundance of weights placed in the partitionsabove the curb, and as the partitions around the periphcry of the drumon one side only are kept filled the drum is moved by gravity as soon asthe tripping-lever G is moved. In order to make this movement-,1 haveprovided an eccentric I, pivoted to the center I.

J represents a lever hinged to the eccentrio 1 and provided at its otherend With a pan, J, which is placed vertically under the chute P.

P represents the flaring mouth of said chute P for the insertion of thetripping obj ect, usually a piece of money.

K is a fulcrum on which G is pivoted.

R is a set-screw to regulate the tension of spring N. This tension mustbe sufficient to force the lever G back when the weight has been dumpedfrom pan J, the lower end of said pan being open to allow theweightusually a piece of money-to slide out, and thus permit raising ofthe swinging arm J;

The operation is as follows: About threefourths of the partitions of thedrum are loaded with packages; the spring adjusted so that the weight ofapiece of money deposited in the chute P dropping into the pan willovercome the tension of the spring; the cocentric I will move the leverG back and unlock its engagement with one of the pins 0; the drum willmove, and the pin 0 disengaged will strike the pin e and check the rapidmovement of the drum and allow the pan J to descend far enough to emptythe nickel or weight (shown in Fig. 3) out, when the recoil of thespring will force the lever G back into position, when it will engage inthe next pin 0, thus moving the drum one partition-space, anddischarging one object out of the opening b at the bottom of the curb.

In Fig. 4 I have shown a chute, P, arranged in an inclined position andprovided on the under side of the incline With an opening, S, tointercept and afford an exit for coins of a size smaller than that forwhich the machine is adjusted. For instance, if the apparatus isadjusted to be operated by a nickel, the opening S will be made a littlesmaller than a nickel so as not to switch out that coin; but it will besufficiently large to switch out a cent or any piece smaller than anickel.

Having described my invention, What I claim is The combination of a drumrotated by gravity and provided with a series of peripheral receptaclesfor the storage of vendible aoaoso articles, said drum having at one endan annular series of projections, c, a spring-pressed catch-lever, G,having pins 6 e to engage said projections, the chute P, the swingingarm J, provided at one end with an eccentric, I, that bears on the catchlever, and carrying at its other end a pan, J, that is normallysupported beneath the chute to receive a coin dropped therein fortripping the catch-lever and permitting the drum to rotate by gravity,and the curb a, located beneath the drum and having a central openingfor the discharge of articles, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

SJTEPIIAN PRASGHL.

\Vitnesses:

R. J. PRESTON, DAVID T. S. FULLER.

